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Perplexity Cuts Agent API Effort-Level Costs and Adds Ultra
- Who
- Aravind Srinivas
- What
- comments on Perplexity’s monthly Pareto optimal curve
- Quote
Every month is a new Pareto optimal curve for Perplexity.
What happened
Perplexity says every Agent API effort level now costs less while delivering the same or higher research quality. It describes effort levels as bundled agent configurations optimized for specific tasks and says a new ultra level is available for the most demanding, long-running requests. Aravind Srinivas comments that Perplexity has a new Pareto optimal curve every month.
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See the full storyPerplexity Lowers Agent API Effort-Level Costs and Adds UltraEvery month is a new Pareto optimal curve for Perplexity. https://t.co/9GBnEGtUCw https://t.co/cbv0wPE0DE
Every Agent API effort level now costs less with the same or higher research quality. Effort levels are bundled agent configurations, optimized for specific tasks. A new ultra level is available for the most demanding, long-running requests. https://t.co/P67DSuKmol https://t.co/58FB3vNEywView the quoted post on X
The story so far
Aravind Srinivas said Perplexity has a new Pareto optimal curve every month. Perplexity says every Agent API effort level now costs less while delivering the same or higher research quality, and it has added an ultra level for the most demanding, long-running requests.
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